title: [Effectiveness of local anesthesia using EMLA cream for laser treatment of cervical and vulvar lesions].
abstract: The efficacy of the anesthesia by the Emla cream (a mixture of lydocaine and prylocaine) has been tested on the cervix uteri and the vulva before laser treatment of warts and intraepithelial neoplasia. Five of the six women treated for vulvar warts did not feel any pain during laser treatment after the application of the cream. On the cervix, the pain was evaluated on a median of 9 on a visual scale going from 0 to 100, compared to a median of 25 for women treated without local anesthesia. The efficacy of local anesthesia was best after 4 minutes. The local anesthesia by the Emla cream seems to constitute a real progress in the patient's tolerance of local destructive treatment of cervical and vulvar warts and intraepithelial neoplasia.
authors.affiliation: Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Hôpital Bichat, Paris.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barrasso
mesh_terms: D019162:Anesthetics, Combined / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003218:Condylomata Acuminata / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000077442:Lidocaine, Prilocaine Drug Combination; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011318:Prilocaine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013997:Time Factors; D002577:Uterine Cervical Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D014845:Vulvar Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D019162:Anesthetics, Combined; D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D000077442:Lidocaine, Prilocaine Drug Combination; D011318:Prilocaine; D008012:Lidocaine
vernacular_title: Efficacité de l'anesthésie locale par la crème EMLA pour le traitement laser des lésions cervicales et vulvaires.